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...plastering. They roared through the valley of the Ruhr. They swarmed over the U-boat base at Lorient, where ten acres of the naval arsenal have now been reported destroyed. Apparently unable to pierce the eleven-foot roofs of the concrete sub pens, the Allied bombers have concentrated on softer targets which are vital to maintenance and repair. Result: 75% of Lorient's headquarters buildings have been wrecked; shops, foundries, warehouses have been knocked down. Daylight precision bombing by Flying Fortresses has undoubtedly affected the morale of workers and returning U-boat crews. This week the Nazis ordered evacuation...
Since General Gerhardt formally activated the gist ("Wild West") Division at Camp White last August, some of his junior officers have developed convenient hernias or obtained transfers to softer outfits; but he himself takes raw men under pack five miles through the rain in one hour, nine miles in two, finishes at the double, insists that every officer under him be able to do the same. Even Gerhardt's chaplains practice marksmanship, swim icy rivers, make themselves physical as well as moral exemplars...
...came over and into my bed and leaned her ash-blonde head on my new framboise-colored $12.50 Saks Fifth Avenue pajamas, and then in the cadences of Leslie Howard, with her eyes on my lips, in three distinct shadings, soft, softer, and the last words in an almost inaudible whispered tone, she said, 'I love you, I love you, I will always love...
...Little Spring Song) is notable. Some innovations are. For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking. The russet reds, browns, bright yellows, make autumn look like autumn. Each season has a special color impact. The colors are softer, more alive and, with the aid of the multiplane camera, give the picture solidity, the forest a three-dimensional depth...
According to the orchestra leader, the modern trend is away from "loud, brassy arrangements" and towards a softer and more musical style. The drive and power which the new ensemble produces more than compensates for the lack of brass. "Down Beat," oracle of the swing world, says "the amazing fishbowl-less Shep Fields band--debuted at the Chicago and surprised local...